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Mercedes-Benz hosted us in Miami a several weeks ago to get more acquainted with its latest cooperative adventure - a partnership with
Cigarette Racing to build an all-electric racing boat. While we posted on the
Cigarette AMG Electric Drive Concept after its worldwide introduction at the Miami Boat Show, its automotive-based technology is innovative enough to warrant a closer look.
Cigarette Racing has been building some of the world's finest high-performance boats - and racing them to victory - since the late 1960s. With more than four decades of experience under its decks, there might not be another boatmaker that offers a range combining this much military, yachting, aerospace and boat-building technologies. Cigarettes are hideously expensive, but they appeal to those seeking watercraft that are fast, uncompromising and exclusive. It goes without saying that they occupy rare waters - the highlighter-yellow boat seen above even more so than most.
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